“Democracy doesn’t work unless people are well informed, and I don’t know that we are. People just don’t have the time. Most people’s daily lives are just about surviving. Most people don’t have time to really study crucial issues.”

I believe you make your day. You make your life.

I always heard criticism is the tax on fame. They were right. And then some.

You are not the car you drive.

When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.

I haven’t known life to be any happier.

I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what’s more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.

Stop being perfect, because obsessing over being perfect stops you from growing.

The greatest thing an actor can experience is discovery. The greatest thing an artist can walk away with is to learn something about themselves and the world and this was one of those.

The last Bollywood movie I watched was 3 Idiots that featured Aamir Khan in it. It was impressive!

You must lose everything in order to gain anything.

I could really try new things. That was satanism, it works really well, I made a pact.

Crime is just unvarnished capitalism, after all.

One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I’m so happy to have her.

Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.

There’s peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I’m responsible.

I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said ‘We saw your movie.’ ‘Which one?’ I said. He shouted ‘Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn’t like?

This is our democracy. And we’re not about to let anybody take that away.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy.

When it comes to this pandemic – and the economic recovery – we are not Democrats or Republicans. We are Americans, and we will be there for one another.

Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellowmen.

Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy.

We need an economy that works for all, not just the 1%.

Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.